Label co-founder Rob Sevier told Pitchfork that West and Taylor’s team would have to clear the sample through Numero Group. “Without getting too nuanced, the Boddie Recording Company owns this master, and we represent their interests in such matters,” Sevier said. “I want to be explicit that while we haven’t actually heard anything from Kanye’s team about this sample, we are in the midst of multiple other clearances and I don’t want to imply that they don’t intend to clear it.”

Pitchfork has reached out to representatives for West and Taylor for comment and more information.

In a radio interview with Real 92.3’s Big Boy, Teyana Taylor alluded to sample clearance issues. “I would probably have to blame a little bit of everybody because of the fact that we set a date and we had the listening party, and then we had clearance issues,” she said in reference to how long it took K.T.S.E. to reach streaming platforms. “Like, as far as the clearance issues, I don’t know. I feel like everybody plays a part.” Watch below (at 4:45).

This isn’t the first instance in recent weeks of Kanye allegedly failing to clear a sample. After releasing his new album ye, the Berlin label Pan claimed that Kanye had sampled a song available on one of their compilation albums without permission.